"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."~Neil Gaiman

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Poem Response to the poem in Class "Please Don't take my Air Jordans" by Reg. E. Gaines

That Kid

That kid... That kid he scaryThat kid think he coolThat kid ain't got no real friendsits just about looks

Deep down I knows thatsomewherehe good

He don't mean what he dohe don't really got no choicehis mommas on the runhis papa's beatin' on him

That kidHe hurtHe hurt real bad

That kid...he shot meThat kid...He took my shoes

That kid... he done kill'd meThat kid...He don't carecuz..NOW he needs a new jacket to wear

I wrote my poem from the eyes of the kid that had gotten shot. I interpreted it as the kid who had gotten shot went to the same school as the kid who shot him. Basically this kid is telling how he sees the other kid and how he thinks hes acting. [kinda confusing i know]

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When I was 5 years old my mother told me that happiness was the key to life.When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "Happy". They told me that I didn't understand the -assignment-. I told them that they didn't understand -Life-.

Someday everything will all make perfect sense. So for now laugh at the confusion,smile through the tears,and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.